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Providing a foundation on which to build a career as a performer, choreographer or teacher, our core curriculum in dance emphasizes developing performance skills through the study of technique, and fostering creative abilities through the study of choreography.

The Bachelor of Arts curriculum offers a program of broad study in dance within a liberal arts degree framework. The BA degree develops the dance skills necessary to perform and a facility in the use of principles and procedures that reflect an intellectual grasp of the art.

An individualized course of study for exceptionally talented and motivated students. Working within the daily routine of studio classwork necessary for all dance majors in a professional training program, the tutorial plan aims to provide the outstanding and disciplined student with maximum freedom for independent academic and creative tutorial work.

Providing a foundation on which to build a career as a performer, choreographer or teacher, our core curriculum in dance emphasizes developing performance skills through the study of technique, and fostering creative abilities through the study of choreography.

“Ohio University prepares its students for multiple possibilities once you graduate. There is an emphasis on choreography, for instance, that may open up opportunities that a performance based school wouldn’t offer. Also, our alumni work in different areas of the field such as dance movement therapy, owning a company, or heading up the Bessie Awards!”

"In dance, process is pushed because a final product is just that, an end product—to the audience it’s just one thing to watch. There is much more that goes on behind the scenes that is much more important. Everything I’ve learned is because we are taught to put the process over the product."

“Here you will be put to the test. But prior to the task you’re equipped with the knowledge from our professors. I will leave knowing myself through my art—my own way of moving—and I don’t think I would have found that anywhere else.”

Featured News

2018-19 Dance Concerts

December 19, 2018

Dance productions for the 2018-2019 academic year feature the work and performances of students, faculty, visiting artists and alumni. Many productions in the Dance Division of the School of Dance, Film, and Theater are supported by Arts for Ohio.

Featured News

Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects, Opens at the Kennedy Jan 11

December 10, 2018

Kennedy Museum of Art will open Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects, an exhibition that includes recent photographic and video works questioning stereotypes that associate black bodies with criminality. The show will be featured through March 31, with an artist reception January 24.